inert基本信息
读法：英 [ɪ"nɜːt] 美 [ɪ"nɝt]
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英英释义
Adjective:
"an indifferent chemical in a reaction"
"a sluggish worker"
"a mind grown torpid in old age"
中英词源
inert 无活动能力的，懒惰的，惰性的
in-,不，非，-ert,灵巧，技术，技艺，词源同art,artisan.引申词义没技术的，没活动能力的，懒惰的，后用于指化学气体惰性的。
- inert
- inert: [17] The -ert of inert is the same word as art. The word comes from Latin iners, which originally meant ‘unskilled’, but soon developed semantically to ‘inactive’. It was formed with the negative prefix in- from ars ‘skill’, source of English art. The derivative inertia [18] is a Latin formation. In classical times it meant simply ‘lack of skill, idleness’; it was Johannes Kepler who first used it as a technical term in physics in the 17th century.
=> art, inertia - inert (adj.)
- 1640s, from French inerte (16c.) or directly from Latin inertem (nominative iners) "unskilled, inactive, helpless, sluggish, worthless," from in- "without" + ars (genitive artis) "skill" (see art (n.)). Originally of matter; specifically of gases from 1885. Of persons or creatures, from 1774.
词态变化
权威造句
- 1. The novel itself remains oddly inert.
- 小说本身异常平淡，了无生气。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. He lay inert with half-closed eyes.
- 他半睁着双眼一动不动地躺着。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. I carried her, still inert, up the stairs to my room.
- 她仍然一动也不动, 我把她抱到楼上我的房间去.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. He lay completely inert on the floor.
- 他一动不动地躺在地板上.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. Inert gas studies are providing valuable information about other planets, too.
- 对惰性气体的研究, 也提供了有关其它行星的有价值的资料.
来自英汉非文学 - 科技WwW.WENtIYi.cOm
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记忆方法
1. in- "not, without" + ars (genitive artis) "skill, art" => ert- "skill".
2. originally meant "unskilled", but soon developed semantically to "inactive, idle".
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